Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 May 2018 in Senate: No, Madam Temporary Speaker; I do not need any information. view
• 31 May 2018 in Senate: The former Vice President of the USA, Joe Biden, once said that fighting corruption is not only good governance in itself, it is self-defense and patriotism. This is what we need to be talking about. We need to realise that if God is so kind to us, he will only give us 70 years; we will then die and leave all these earthly possessions in this world. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am sick and tired of this corruption. It is now becoming a comedy. Every year, the President is heard saying: “Everyone who is corrupt should carry their own cross.” ... view
• 31 May 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, if you look at the quality of legislation that we are drafting in this Parliament, they are designed to establish authorities to create Chief Executive Officers (CEOs). We forget about devolution. Recently in the House, we killed the Irrigation Bill. I have seen it in the Order Paper after coming back from the National Assembly. The reason we killed it is because we did not agree with the way it was drafted. Now, it is finding its way back. What do we call that? It is corruption! It is coming to a point where we are almost ... view
• 29 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I notice that the Chair of CPAIC has just entered but I just want to shed some light. I want to assure this House that the CPAIC is working daily to table a lot of reports. I want to assure Sen. Sakaja that the amount of work that we have done is not equal to the amount of work that was carried out by the previous committee. We had a lot of work which had not been completed. The first time when we met, we worked day in day out to complete those reports. I assure this ... view
• 29 May 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve’s Motion. First of all, let me talk about the history so that we understand where I am coming from. When we talk about introducing Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) in schools or when trying to come up with a Motion to ensure that people can be trained to speak is kiswahili through sign language, what is the history of the entire sign language in this country? If history serves me right, KSL was introduced through the support of the United States Peace Corps Volunteers in ... view
• 29 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I, thank you. view
• 10 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, to defend the Chairpersons, it is important for us to talk about capacity. It is high time that we trained them and indeed all of us because I think we lack in capacity. I am honest with you. The work that the Chairpersons are supposed to do --- view
• 10 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the work the Chairpersons are supposed to do is enormous. There are so many issues that we are facing. view
• 10 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we went to Naivasha we were not trained on procedures. We do not want to get half-baked answers. For example, the Chairperson did not know that he can use his powers to summon the CS. Now asking the Speaker to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 10 May 2018 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view